Folded box or pail



(No Model.)

C. W. STRUBLE.

FOLDBD B0X 0R PAU..

No. 390,266. Patented 0013.. 2, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEErcE.

CHARLES WV. STRUBLE, OF VAUSEON, ASSIGNOR TO JACOB M. LONGNEOKER, OFDELTA, ALBERT L. FLACK, OF TIFFIN, AND HENRY S. HULL, OF WAU- sEoN,oHIo.

FOLDED BOX OR PAlL..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,266, dated October2, 1888..

Application filed February 28, 1888. Serial No. 265.620. (No model.)

To all whom. t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES. W. STRUBLE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Vauseen, in the county ofFulton and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements inFolded Boxes or Pails, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in folded boxes or pails, and hasfor its object to 1o form a pail wherein the bodyis provided with acover secured permanently by means of the bail or handle and of suchconstruction that it will not readily become crushed or broken.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pail having myimproved cover at tachment. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on thedotted line m rv, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a transverse section showing thecover in position.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line yy, Fig. 2,

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the body of the pail,which may be of any suitable construction and material, and has the endsof the wire bail B passed through its front and rear and bent parallelwith the interior face of the pail.

The pail A is of the ordinary construction, many examples of which maybe seen in the markets at this day. The construction thereof and itsmethod of manufacture from a single piece of paper being obviouslyapparent and not constituting my invention, it is not necessary tofurther enlarge upon the same herein. The folding of the box leavesspaces between the ends and the folded diagonal laps, and

these spaces provide pockets C O, to receive the free ends of the cover,(see Fig. 4,) and also ledges d2, Fig. 2, at the top edges of the ends,on which ledges the free edge of the cover rests. .l

4o The cover D comprises the main fold E, the rear or hinged flap, F,the leaves G G on the front edge ofthe main fold, and the side strips,H. A small handle, l, is secured on the main fold, near its front edge,to enable the cover to be readily raised.

The rear or hinged flap, F, is placed parallel with the inner face ofthe rear end of the body, and is secured in position by the bent end bof ythe bail passing through the same. The

5o crease or bend between the main fold E and the hinged fold F isarranged, as will be seen, at the upper edge of the rear fold, and asthe hinge-fold is secured rigidly to the body this crease will serve asa hinge to allow the cover to be raised at will. The leaves G G areadapted, when the cover is in its closed position, to enter the pocketsC, so as to properly support the cover in connection with its fastening.The side strips, H, pass inside of 'the upper edges of the sides of thebody.

A lining of paper may be secured within the box. This lining is showninthe drawings and letteredfz. ln practice this lining is cut from ablank similar to the blank which forms the pail proper, so that when thepail is folded the lining will lit neatly and accurately the inside ofthe pail. The lining may or may not be secured to the body of the pailby some adhesive substance.

The leaves G G are separated by means of a V-shaped notch, whichprovides for the bent end b of the bail and allows said flaps G G topass well down into the pockets. The side strips also prevent the sidesof the pail from bulging outward, as will be seen.

It will be obvious that by utilizing the end of the bail to secure thecover a simple and efficient arrangement is provided andthe cover willnot become accidentally detached from the pail and lost.

To obtain access to the interior of the box. the bail is swung down toone side, when the cover can then be raised a sufficient distance.

Having described my invention, I claiml. The combination of thepail-body, the cover on the top thereof and provided with a rear hingedHap and front leaf, as described, and a bail secured to the body andengaging the hinged Hap to fasten it in position, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination of the body having the pocket on the inner face ofits front, the cover provided with a rear hinged flap and front leaves,GG,separated by V-shaped notch, and a bail secured to said body andattaching 95 the cover in position, substantially as described. y

3. The pail comprising the body, the cover on the top thereof, havingthe rear hinged flap and side strips, and the bail secured to the roobody and engaging the hinged Hap to fasten it scribed, and abeti]secured to the body andento the body, as set forth. gaging the hingedHap to fasten it in position,

4. The combination of the body having as set fort-h. the pockets C C,the cover provided with the In testimony thatelaim the foregoing as my15 5 rear hinged flap and frontleaves, G G, adaptown I have heretoaffixed my signature in presed to take into the respective pockets, anda ence of two witnesses.

bail secured to the body and engaging the cover to permanently retain itin place, as set CHARLES V STRUBLE' forth. Witnesses: Io 5. In a pail,the body, the cover on the top A. L. FLACIQ' thereof provided with ahinged iiap, as devJ. M. LoNGNEoKER.

